The team was led by Gerry Keenan, MMS, PA-C, associate professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies didactic faculty, and clinical director for Healthy Athletes Arizona MEDFest. He was joined by Harvey Simon, MD, pediatrician and adjunct faculty for the ATSU Physician Assistant program and full-time faculty with the ATSU School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona […]
Altruism During the past 12 months, A.T. Still University (ATSU) had more than its share of students, faculty, staff, and associated loved ones affected by health, financial, and additional challenges. Whether facing a student’s home destroyed by fire, an employee injured or ill, or passing of a loved one or classmate, it was humbling and […]
A.T. Still University’s (ATSU) Athletic Training program has been selected to collaborate on a national study to observe player health and safety among youth football athletes. Directed by USA Football and the Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention, ATSU will observe the effectiveness of Heads Up Football®, a program developed by USA Football […]
“Weight bias is one of the only remaining areas of discrimination where social norms currently say it is okay,” said Dr. Puckett. “So many people continue to think of weight as a motivation, commitment, or just plain lazy issue, and that isn’t true at all. Science has proven, in so many ways, how obesity is […]
A.T. Still University (ATSU) and Near North Health Service Corporation came together to celebrate the University’s newest community health center partnership and its inaugural class in Chicago today. “Our students are very energetic and eager to learn, and importantly share a close bond,” said Munawar Sultana, MD, Near North physician and ATSU-SOMA regional director of […]
The ATSU Department of Audiology presented two awards at a graduation dinner held on Aug. 6 at the Arizona Golf Resort in Mesa, Ariz. Rex Banks, AuD, ’15, MA, CCC-A Reg., CASLPO, was awarded the Professional Leadership Award for the transitional AuD program. The award recognition was announced by Tabitha Parent Buck, AuD, chair, Department […]
Dr. Valovich McLeod as well as ATSU alumna, Jackie Kingma, DPT, ‘13, PA-C, ‘00, ATC, were specially recognized as founding NATA Women in Athletic Training committee members and as leaders of the AT profession. The reception, which attracted nearly 250 NATA members, was part of the 66th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo held June 23-26 […]
The article was selected to be the ‘Case of the Month’ for the August 2015 issue of AJO-DO. AJO-DO is the highest ranked orthodontic journal by number of citation and impact factor. In addition to fulfilling his teaching and administrative duties as a full-time faculty member at ATSU-ASDOH since 2008, Dr. Park has published more […]
Daniel V. Freeland, DO, ’89, was recently appointed as president of the Texas chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) at their annual meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ACOFP is a professional medical association that represents more than 20,000 practicing osteopathic family physicians, residents, and students throughout the United states. Its […]
The Society of American Indian Dentists (SAID) celebrated their 25th annual conference July 29-Aug. 1 in Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of the American Indian. Assistant Dean of American Indian Affairs at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) and President Emeritus of SAID, George Blue Spruce, DDS, […]